Bug 221070

Summary: Handbook points users to use https with subversion, but https does not work
Product: Documentation Reporter: Russell Haley <russ.haley>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status: Closed DUPLICATE    
Severity: Affects Many People CC: pi
Priority: ---    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Russell Haley 2017-07-28 14:44:43 UTC 
The handbook points users to use the HTTPS protocol for retrieving the FreeBSD source code with subversion. The two instances I found were:

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/svn.html

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html

Currently using http:// fails with various messages depending on the day it seems. Sometimes it complains about depth, sometimes that the hostname is not available. 

Using svn:// instead of https:// corrects the issue somewhat, but the svn protocol is not a robust in my experience.

I have assumed this to be a documentation issue as I have heard nothing about an official change away from https and my query on the ARM mailing list did not elicit any responses indicating such a change. However, someone did respond and tell me they also had to switch away from https a few weeks ago.
Comment 1 Kurt Jaeger freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-07-28 16:56:24 UTC 
Which endpoint do you retrieve from ?

I'm testing from 2001:41c8:112:8300::e6a:0 right now and it looks fine.
Comment 2 Kurt Jaeger freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-07-28 16:56:47 UTC 
That's svnmir.bme.freebsd.org, btw.
Comment 3 Kurt Jaeger freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-07-28 16:57:16 UTC 
See also: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219367
Comment 4 Russell Haley 2017-07-28 20:06:23 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 219367 ***
Comment 5 Russell Haley 2017-07-28 20:14:01 UTC 
(In reply to Kurt Jaeger from comment #1)
Sorry, I was rushing this morning. I followed the handbook instructions. I will need to check my output later to verify resolved endpoint.